| Japanese pond carp |
| Japanese dance-drama |
| Edible Japanese seaweed |
| Actor who won comedy and drama Emmys for the same role |
| Critically acclaimed crime drama since 2008: 2 wds. |
| Japanese beer |
| Japanese ruler |
| Hideo, Major League Baseball's winningest Japanese pitcher |
| Japanese peak, respectfully |
| Japanese hunting dog |
| Japanese outcasts |
| Japanese copier company |
| Dramatic opening? |
| Norwegian dramatist |
| Japanese moolah |
| Dramatic interlude |
| Adorn elaborately |
| Japanese coin |
| Japanese form of self-defense |
| Japanese soup ingredient |
| Chinese dichotomy, to a Japanese economist? |
| Japanese fighter |
| Leftover noodles from a Japanese restaurant? |
| Japanese elder statesman |
| Dramatist Behan |
| Primitive Japanese |
| Japanese Buddhist sect |
| Judging ___" (Amy Brenneman drama) |
| Melodramatic lament |
| Fine Japanese porcelain |